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FREEPORT. NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 24,1981
46th YEAR. No, 22
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Sex Ed
Five Counties ' Special Task Force
To Continue Suggests A K'12 Program
In Freeport
THEREBY HANGS THE TALE of the Freeport Bicentennial Com­mittee,
as Village Mayor William White (I.) "warns" the Committee's
Chairman, Robert Raynor (r.), that he will go the way ot patriot Nathan
Hale If Freepbrt's Time Capsule Is not buried. On July 4, 1976 a hole
was dug on-Viliage Hail's lawn and ceremonies were held marking the
supposed burial of Village memorabilia to be recovered.by future
residents In the year 2076. Because cement for the sealing had not
tjeen secured, Raynor secreted' the capsule In the basement of his
home. Now,, five years later, when Raynor asked permission for the
Bicentennial Committee to host a Yori^town Victory Ball at .the
Recreation Center on Saturday, Octot}er 17, the Mayor "extracted" a
promise. The capsule Is to t>e burled on Monday, October 19, at noon
when all church bells In the nation will ring marking the anniversary of
the battle that ended the American Revolution. Residents are urged to
attend the Victory Ball to remind Raynor of his promise and the "con­sequences."
Tickets are SI^.SO each and can l>e obtained at Barasch's
on the Mall, Musso's Travel Aoency on Atlantic Avenue or by sending
a check do The Leader, P.O. Box 312, Freeport. Reservations are
limited and no tickets will t>e sold at the door.
Six Named National
Merit Semi-Finalists
BALDWIN/FREEPORT- Six local students have been named semi-finalists
is the 1982 National Merit Scholarship Competition. The
six •— five of »hom arc seniors at Baldwin Senior High Sihool and one
a senior at Freeport High School — are among more than 15.000
seniors in coinpetition for some 5.000 Merit Scholarships. The names
of the Merit Scholarship winners
will be released in April,-1982
H«]peni, One of
Baldwin's Top StudenU
Among the five who attend
Baldwin Senior High School
is Thomas Halpern. a Freeport
resident. Halpern, who lives
on Willowb'rook Lane in the
Stearns Park area of the village.
is described by school officials
as "one ot liaiawm s top aca-demic
students." with several
awards and certificates to his
credit. He has been active in
several school music groups and
has been selected as bassoonist
for the B;nai Brith Youth Organi­zation.
With thoughts of making
a career in the field of inter­national
relations. Halpern «nli
be applying to the Woodrow
Wilson School of Internafional
and Public Affairs at Princeton.
Yale. Haverford and Harvard.
Linda Carmbba,
AccompUtbed Flatlsl
Linda Carrubba, another
Baldwin Senior High School
semi-fmalist. lives on Stratford
-Rpad in Baldwin. A member of
_iha.school band, she is an accom-
^.piished flutist. Last year. Linda '
worked on the school's literary
magazine. "Phoenix." and was
a member of the Long Island
Science Congress. She has
been active in scouting and
Sports Night. While not yet
committed to a career choice,
she intends to apply to Tufts
(Com on Page 8)
FREEPORT - Five Counties
Carting will continue to pick up
village residents' garbage for
anotiier five years under a con­tract
the Freeport Board of
Trustees approved Monday
night, September 21, at its open
legislative session. The waste
removal company, which has
been responsible for tlie village's
sanitation disposal ibr the past
three years — ever since the vil­lage
dissolved its municipal
Sanitation Department— was the
only, bidder athougb, as Mayor
William Wtute expl^ned, bids
were solicited from 25 companies,
•Under the terms of the new
contract. Five Counties will re­ceive
an annual fee of S924,000
for five years, for back-door pick­up
with increases tied to the Con­sumer
Price Index, but not to
exceed 12%;
In accepting the bid for a five
year contract, rather than an
alternative bid for three years.
Deputy Dorothy Storm explained
that it would lock the company in,
although they would be entering
labor negotiations in three
years. Mayor White noted that
such recent negotiations- in New
Jersey resulted in a 50% increase
in labor costs.
.Although a separate bid was
also requested for the collection
of bagged leaves, which occurs in
the fall. Five Counties' figure of
$40,000 annually was not accept­ed.
For tiie past three years, tiie
village's Public Works Depart­ment
has picked up the bagged
leaves.'
The present Five Counties
annual fee, in the third year of its
first three year contract with the
village, is $575,680. Its first
year's annual fee had been
$516,000.
The village had had 45 days
from the return date of August 10
to accept the bid- Mayor White
explained that during the time
iCont on Page 16)
FREEPORT - The method by which the Freeport School District will
implement a program of sex education was approved by its Board of
Education at its September 16th public meeting.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. John E. Bierwirth opened up the topic
toward the end of the meeting, under his "Superintendent's Report,"
which noted that in May he had.
great deal of thought. He then
proposed that the Board accept
the Task Force's recommenda­tions
and authorize the adminis­tration
to move into a develop­ment
plan leading to its full
implementation.
The plan, as outlined by
Bierwirth, provides for periodic
reports to the Board of Education
and eight "ke/stages" where the
Board's approval woiild be
periodically sought before the
administration proceeded further.
Bierwirth stressed several times
that the sensitivity' of the issue
called fo.r a slow, careful imple­mentation,
and he suggested that
he would rather take longer to do
any one stage "properly." than
rush it, "force the issue'.' and
"end up "having to pick up the
pieces and do it over again."
Tusk Force Membenhip
The Task Force, as appointed
by the Board of Education, had
consisted of June Anson, Dr.-
Henry Brown, Head School
, Nurse/Teacher Julia Brown,
Shirley Crittenden, Geraldine
Daloia, Rev. Burton Davison,
Beverly Matthews, Freeport High
School principal William
McElroy, Rev. Salvatore
Miraglia; Dr. Adrian Persico,
Norman Posses, Marilyn Roller,
(Cont. on Page 16)
said he would respond to a special
Task Force's recommendations
"no later than the 'September
meeting."
The Task Force on Sex Educa­tion
was' created by the Board of
Education to review the District's
Health EducaHon curriculum and
make recommendations on a
program of sex education for
grades seven through 12.
At tiie May 20. 1981 School
Board meeting, the Task Force
reported and made four recom­mendations:
(1) the District
should implement a K-12 sex
education •program; (2) there
should be an intensive in-service
training program for staff
members; (3) student participa­tion
should be voluntary; and (4),
there should be a parent educa­tion
program prior to the imple­mentation
of the instructional
program.
The Task Force made no
recommendations regarding a
specific curriculum.
Sex Edncation,
A Great Controversy
"...There is probably no other
issue in American education
today which is capable of creating
more controversy than sex
education," Bierwirth told the
Board explaining that the Task
Force's report had been given a
IMPORTANT
Deadline Change
Because the Rosh Hashanah
Holy Days commence on
Monday evening—Sept. 30,
—the Deadline for all items
for the Oct. 3, 1981 Issue of
THE LEADER will be 5 pm
Friday, Sept. 25.
A FOND. BUT SAD FAREWELL luncheon for Freeport retailers
Warren and Hhoda Samet was hosted by the Freef>ort Chamtjer of
Commerce at the Gaefaway. The overflow crowd of Village residents,
and business people and friends of the popular couple had gathered to
say "thanks, farewell and best wishes." The Samets (at right) are
retiring to Sun City, Arizona. The woman's apparel store, on the
Freeport Mall (originally Main Street) was started by Warren Samel's
father 65 years ago. Presenting a plaque marking the Samets' contribu­tion
to the community is Chamber President Jo Cona prd from i.).
Others, (from I.) are Chamber Vice Presidents Larry Grebinar and Pat
Reda. and program chairman Charles Mehrmann
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